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An extended TV spot for Detective Pikachu debuts online. The Pokémon film is generating a lot of positive buzz, and is projected to open higher than Aquaman at the box office. Detective Pikachu is based on the Nintendo 3DS game of the same name. Unlike the main games, Detective Pikachu was not about catching wild Pokémon, or becoming the best trainer in the region. Instead, it was a story-driven title with a focus on solving mysteries....

From 9to5Google: After launching a private beta of its new Google Reader replacement, Digg announced today that it is now rolling out the beta to all users signed up to test the new app. Digg just sent out the first batch of invites to the new web app, but promises it will be “adding users in increasingly larger batches.” The app is still a work in progress and won’t get you every feature you might have had with Google Reader, but for now you can easily import your Google Reader content, use Google Reader-like shortcuts, and save and share to all the usual third-party services....

In October, the “DirecTV” app added the ability to stream video over home networks. Today, an update to the app adds the ability to stream shows and movies over 3G and Wi-Fi anywhere. The new feature is limited to video content, meaning live TV streaming still requires a Wi-Fi connection on your home network. Engadget points us to an early review of the new feature that is apparently called “DirecTV Everywhere” from The Solid Signal Blog (below)....

Discord is a proprietary freeware VoIP application and digital distribution platform that’s specially designed for video gaming players. It basically offers online chat features for gamers including text, image, video, communication between users in a chat channel. Discord runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and most web browsers. Meanwhile, users can’t install the Discord app or the app won’t launch any interface. If you’re also facing the same issue, check how to fix Discord won’t open on Windows....

The Disney+ streaming service will launch in the United States in November 2019 - and it will have gone global by the end of 2021. For the last few years, the new streaming service has been Disney’s corporate priority. Every Disney subsidiary has been expected to contribute in some way, and the content catalog was one of the major reasons Disney pursued the Fox acquisition. Disney+ will feature a vast library of content, ranging from Pixar to Star Wars, from Marvel Studios to National Geographic....

Realme has just launched its latest Realme X2 Pro device. It looks spectacular and amazing. But is it actually waterproof? Today we are conducting Realme X2 Pro waterproof test to find out whether the new Realme X2 Pro is waterproof or not. Realme is gradually stepping up its smartphone market from budget to premium range. The latest Realme X2 Pro is priced at 29,999 INR and comes with premium features and specifications....

With the recent release of the trailer for Aladdin, we got our first look at Will Smith as the Genie. Unfortunately, it left a lot of fans scratching their heads, to say the least. The Internet backlash was immediate, and for good reason, too: the CGI is horrifying. The Genie looks like a terrible fan-edit, and it’s still hard to believe that the atrocity was made with the full funding of Disney behind it....

Ubisoft’s Division 2 came out with the Firewall specialization and burning enemies has never been more fun. Sure there’s a fire turret, incendiary grenades, and the Incendiary talent, but there’s something different about having a flamethrower. The Division 2 community got very excited when news of this new specialization gun came out and with good reason. Another exciting aspect of the specialization is that each field research stage that gets completed gives new vanity items and the Honey Badger weapon blueprint....

We know Siri has a tendency to provide surprising answers that can cause a bit of controversy in some cases. Many reported earlier this year that Siri responded with “Nokia Lumia 900” when asked what the best smartphone is (an answer based on data from the Web). Apple quickly appeared to tweak the responses with answers that promoted the iPhone, such as: “The one you’re holding.” Now, PocketNow reported law student Sean DeVries is suing Apple over the “sponsored responses”:...

Marvel continued their box office domination last year with the release of Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange, the thirteenth and fourteenth entry into the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Raking in just under $2 billion in worldwide box office takes, the one-two punch from Marvel did away with any notions of superhero fatigue settling in at the cinema, and established a firm foundation upon which to build their much-vaunted “Phase 3....

Why did Billie Piper leave Doctor Who after the second season, only returning occasionally since? It’s easy to forget that showrunner Russell T. Davies was originally seen as taking something of a risk when he cast Billie Piper as the Doctor’s first companion in his Doctor Who relaunch in the mid-2000s. Piper was best known as a pop-star and had only recently begun her acting career. It didn’t take long for Piper to win any critics over, though....

Chip designer Dialog Semiconductor said today that it hit its guidance for Q4, despite the fact that 75% of its income comes from Apple. It comes at a time when other Apple suppliers are reducing or missing their revenue projections … As Reuters reports, Dialog only just did so, and was aided by the broad range it had earlier provided. The company also benefited from the fact that it is less dependant on the iPhone than some other Apple suppliers, its power-management chips being used across a wide range of Apple devices....

Disney+ has created a lot of momentum with the streaming service gaining over 50 million users in its first five months. Now the platform is testing a new “GroupWatch” feature to make it easy to watch your favorite Disney+ content with friends and family when you’re not together. Reported by The Verge, the new Disney+ “GroupWatch” feature is showing up for some users in Canada and should start rolling out to more countries in the coming weeks:...

Featuring the determined older sister and the annoying little brother, Even Stevens was a popular show during its three seasons on Disney Channel. While Ren and Louis were the series’ main character, their parents, Eileen and Steve, and their older brother, Donnie, was also an integral part of the series. However, the show mostly focused on the lives of Ren and Louis and their relationship to each other. While Ren was always known to be the perfectionist aiming for higher education, Louis tended to be more of a prankster....

Doctor Who started its 12th season by mocking the fan reaction to a female Doctor. After a year long hiatus, Doctor Who returned with Jodie Whittaker at the helm of the TARDIS for her second season. While the 2017 announcement that Jodie Whittaker was cast as the 13th Doctor was mostly met with praise, there were some anti-female Doctor Who fans who were upset by the casting. The season premiere “Skyfall” contains a joke that addresses, and mocks, this controversy....

A Deutsche Bank research note based on supply-chain sources claims that Apple will sell the iPhone 7 with a Lightning-to-audio dongle, rather than providing Lightning headphones, reports Business Insider. It also suggests that the iPhone 7 Plus will have 3GB of RAM. All of the note’s other predictions echo things we’ve heard many times before: similar design to the 6s; dual cameras on the Plus, improved camera on the standard model; better sound, possibly stereo; better waterproofing; and a touch-sensitive Home button....

RISC vs CISC What is RISC? RISC is designed to perform a smaller number of types of computer instruction. Hence, it can operate at a higher speed. The full form of RISC is Reduced Instruction Set Computers. It is a microprocessor that is designed to perform smaller number of computer instruction so that it can operate at a higher speed. RISC instruction sets hold less than 100 instructions and use a fixed instruction format....

Will the touch turn into an iPhone, the Classic be killed by iCloud and the Shuffle and Nano be morphed into wearable/iWatches? from Wikipedia, data to Q2 2011 Out of Apple’s incredibly successful product lines, the iPods are the only one dropping numbers and revenue (above, mostly to iPhone and iPad, not the competition). Analysts as well as Apple forecast iPod sales drops close to 20% this quarter over the year ago quarter, which is an acceleration of the previous year to year drop....

The Flash is famously “the fastest man alive”–at least in the DC Universe. Barry Allen, Wally West, and several other Flashess have all made names for themselves by breaking sound barriers, and traveling through time with their use of the “Speed Force.” A cosmic force that controls both time and movement throughout reality. These incredible skills have led to some incredible feats… but Marvel Comics isn’t going to be give up without a fight....

Pokémon Detective Pikachu will be hitting the big screen tonight for Thursday previews, but the film’s director is unsure if famed Pokémon catcher Ash Ketchum will be making an appearance in its cinematic universe. The upcoming release follows Tim (Justice Smith) as he partners up with the film’s titular character to solve a mystery surrounding Tim’s father’s mysterious disappearance. The Warner Bros. production had a budget of $150 million, which makes sense considering the incredible amount of time and effort that went into creating life-like live-action Pokémon, but there’s no doubt that the adorable family-friendly flick will make that much back, plus extra....